Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with him that the purpose of the payment is to ensure that we support those who are moving from welfare dependency to employment. What we have done so far works, but it may need some tweaking to get a wider net of people into the working family support. As soon as we can have a look at it properly, let us devise the changes that need to made, if any, to ensure we reach the widest range of people to support that we possibly can.

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